The emphasis on tragedy among the poets, dramatists and philosophers of Ancient Greece is presented as something instructive to the now, in this book from the series moderator of "New York Times" philosophy column 'The Stone'.
Über den Autor Simon Critchley
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Simon Critchley has published books on a wide expanse of ethical and philosophical subjects, including the bestselling The Book of Dead Philosophers, his cult novel Memory Theatre and his memoir-analysis of David Bowie - On Bowie (for Serpents Tail). He is Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York, and series moderator of 'The Stone', a philosophy column in The New York Times. He comes from a Liverpool family and watches his team, devotedly, each weekend, 3306 miles away from Anfield.
